Police charge 2 men in Queensland robbery
Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 4:01 PM MT Comments6Recommend3CBC News
Police were called to this southeast house after reports of shots fired. (Karen Wade/CBC)
Two Calgary men have been charged in a home invasion robbery in the southeast that included a man being grazed by a bullet.
Police were called to a home in the 800 block of Queensland Drive S.E. just before noon on Wednesday after reports of shots fired.
About half an hour before that, three men wearing masks had forced their way into the house and assaulted the 26-year-old man living there, said police on Thursday. The group also ransacked the home.
When a family member, aged 41, arrived to check on the victim at the home, he was confronted by one of the offenders. The man fired at gun at the relative, leaving him with a minor gunshot wound to the abdomen.
It was one of three shootings in the Calgary area in 14 hours.
Both victims were treated in hospital and released, said police.
Police tracked both suspects a short time later and arrested them. They continue to search for a third man.
A 23-year-old man is charged with assault with a weapon, robbery with a firearm, unlawful confinement, tampering with a serial number and possession of stolen property over $5,000.
A 21-year-old man is charged with failure to comply with a recognizance, possession of a controlled substance, assault with a weapon, robbery with a firearm and unlawful confinement.
Police said they believe the targeted attack was drug-related.
I hate when shit happens in my neighborhood! People start to remember it and next thing you know, its dubbed a slum and property values drop. In general, Queensland is pretty safe and quiet but we have had a few "incidents" over the years. And the houses on that stretch of Queensland Drive have some rather seedy inhabitants, derelict activities, loud parties, use our trash bins for couches and such. There have been a number of domestic confrontations, a house fire that turned out to be a grow-op and a rapist trying to hide in the bushes directly across the street from my place (until the police dogs sniffed him out, bit him and severed an artery - that'll learn'em!). Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to the HAWKS police helicopter circling right over your head and your neighbour being swarmed with armed police and media trucks!
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